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It seem that there are some issue with the images upload.
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Hi Kerin,
I wasn’t aware that in UK there was so many accents, I only knew about Scottish and Welsh and then I thought that there was only a standard British accent.
On the contrary, in the United States I experienced how the english we learn at school is rarely used. In the US accents and idioms change not only from state by state but also by ethnic background. For example, in a city like San Francisco, speaking with asian or african americans or hispanic people it’s something like speaking three different language, even if they were born in the same city.
Speaking about Italy I don’t think (or at least I never experienced it) that there is a snobbery around accents, actually we have an opposite phenomenom: in some situations it’s hard to be accepted if you don’t speak and understand the same local accent. Here, accents and idioms are widely used, and with pride, as a sign of identity.
Actually I don’t care about accents until they don’t hinder communication, I feel quite annoyed when someone use a local accents or idiom with people that cannot clearly understand it, it’s like saying that you don’t care about communicating with that person.
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Hello Karin,
I was used to having online meetings before the Covid pandemic, so not much hase changed for me.
I really like them mainly because you can arrange them easily and in a short time, without worring about finding a suitable meeting room and without all the hassle of gathering many people in the same place at the same time.
I also find that they are more organized and focused on the subject, so I think they are a great tool when you have to discuss about technical and organizational matters.
I think that face-to-face meetings are still better if you have to estabilish relationships and, in general, in all the situations where the human factor is a key part of the meeting.
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> I feel quite annoyed when someone use a local accents …. can you try and correct this phrase?
Uhm… maybe : I feel quite annoyed when someone useS a local accent?
